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California makes first investments in $100M energy research & development program; also biogas and H2

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Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. University of California, San Diego (UCSD): $1 million to use advanced solar forecasting to optimize campus distributed energy resources on the UCSD campus. First NorCal Retail H 2 Refueling Station Open. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.:

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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University of California, San Diego. The University of California, San Diego, seeks to address this issue by developing a low-atomic-number renewable wall for fusion devices that contains a slurry composed of carbon, ceramics, and a volatile binder. Princeton Fusion Systems.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

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The evaluation will consider the impacts, processes, market effects and costs of the program, and will help to guide future program efforts. The demonstration vehicles include tree maintenance trucks and a telephone pole installation truck. Electricore Inc. will receive $2,325,954 to demonstrate battery-electric medium-duty trucks.

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For Greener Manufacturing, Think IAQ

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Machining: Machining often requires lubricants, which create fine oil mists that can be invisible to the eye. Machining and stamping processes produce oil mists that can be difficult to control. The Hidden Costs of Poor Air Quality. What kind of maintenance is needed to keep it operating at peak performance?

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Road Test: 2021 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4xe

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Maintenance – Three years for three, no-cost oil changes and tire rotations. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership. The 2021 Wrangler 4xe comes with these warranties: Basic – Three years/36,000 miles. Powertrain – Five years/60,000 miles.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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. $500,000 to the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System to help it speed the refueling of its growing fleet of compressed natural gas-powered buses. The Federal Transit Administration will also provide $1,176,000 for the San Diego project. Natural gas will displace 1.5 million gallons of diesel fuel each year.

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). Note: modified 3/6/09 to add approximate cost of battery lease.). Costs would depend on the number of batteries needed to meet a customer’s needs, the spokesman said.

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